Alberta providing $5.5 million for Blood Tribe Police detachment
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Millions of dollars are on their way to southern Alberta, earmarked for First Nations policing.
Alberta Minister of Public Safety and Emergency Services, Mike Ellis stopped in the community of Standoff Friday afternoon, and announced that the province will invest $5.5 million to assist in building a new detachment for the Blood Tribe Police Service. In addition, the federal government is contributing $6.8 million and the Blood Tribe will put in $5 million.
The new detachment building will replace the current one in Standoff, which has housed the Service for 35 years since it was established. It is now deemed outdated and outgrown.
The Blood Tribe Police Service is one of three Indigenous Police Services in Alberta and was founded in 1990. Groundbreaking for the new facility is planned for next spring.
